Note that an earlier CP report had already reported on the Via Rail and Employment Insurance appointments referenced in today's Le Devoir report, so I'm not sure why the showy "Le Devoir has learned" intro. But they do provide more detail on the relationships between those two individuals and Senator Housakos.

Conservative hypocritical patronage gets some more attention with this story. Additional scrutiny is likely to be applied now in the ethics complaint involving that stimulus contract. And more questions in the House of Commons likely today...